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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Fortpark

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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On a rise in level grassland. Well- preserved circular rath (D 52m) defined by a bank and external fosse with traces of a possible outer bank visible intermittently. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument at NE. Well-defined entrance at SSW. A field wall cuts the fosse at N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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